Azmi Restaurant (known for their chapati) @ 2 Dalhousie Ln

After having our coffee and brunch at Brunches Cafe, we decided to take a leisurely stroll around the area. Or, perhaps we were scouting for the next makan places. Hahaa! So Ivan is familiar with the place and from his descriptions, he has tried quite a bit of places here. Yeah, now you know who to find if need a little guidance on what to eat around Little India/Farrer Park.

Anyways, after about 10 to 15 minutes of slow walk, we reached a nondescript coffee shop, which seemed to have just two food stalls and a drink stall. 

The place was busy and luckily, there was were two tables unoccupied. The uncles at the coffee shop are friendly and we spied most of the patrons are enjoying their chapatis. So, we knew what we needed to get. Oh, and I noticed that they have apom too. Thus far, I have not came across any shops selling apom in Singapore and knew we had to try this.

chapati

Truth be told. Am not a fan of chapati as it is very much less sinful than its distant cousin, the prata. But my late uncle enjoyed chapati on a daily basis.

For the curry, we got ourselves dhal curry, keema and a special goat bone curry.

Goat Bone Curry (front), dhal curry (back - left) and keema (back - right)

The keema and the goat bone, happy to report there's no funky-ness in them. Both curries were rather mild accompaniment for the chapati. The tulang has some meat and plenty of collageny tendons to enjoy. Quite nice.

no double dip~

My favourite is the apom or also known as fermented rice cake that looks like a sunny side up. Its size is larger than the ones we have back in my hometown and fluffier here. I was surprised when one of the younger uncle at the shop brought out a tray with some small containers. We locked eyes and at that instant, he understood. "Sugar, for the apom." He said with smile. Ohhhh, suaku me. You can have it with the white sugar or with the orange sugar (similar ones used for putu mayam).

apom with sugar sprinklers

The apom itself is already sweet so actually no need but we added some orange sugar for photography purpose. Hahahaa!

nicely fluffy and sweet

Also tried the apom with dhal, keema and the goat curry and it works too. So, just eat anyway you like~

Azmi Restaurant

Address:  2 Dalhousie Ln, Singapore 209671

Website: http://www.azmirestaurant.com/

Business Hours:

Daily - 10am to 10pm

Brunches Cafe @ 96 Rangoon Road

How long has it been since my last visit to a cafe? Far too long, I'd say! Brunches is a quaint cafe and quite the popular one too. We were lucky to be able to snag a table without reservation albeit with the agreement to vacate the table by the next hour. Ok, we could do that.

chalkboard

counter

our seats

Was thinking of having coffee and a bit of everything else that the rest were having.

menu

By a bit, is actually an understatement. Haha! We ended up with two savouries and two sweets! Started off with deep fried mushrooms. Staff asked what sauce we wanted with the mushrooms. That's a good question. I have never thought of which sauce goes well with mushroom....ketchup? Chili or mayo? We had it all. Hahahaa!

mushrooms fritters @$8.90

Butterfly Pea Tea and Cold Brew Tea @$7 and $6.50 respectively

Coffee on the Rock Bailey's flavour @$8.50 

follow the instructions

wait for it

Ivan's drink had a little instruction card, so cute. But it took like forever to melt. I had piccolo.

piccolo @$4.50

Service staff were friendly and the place gave off a homely vibe. Food and drinks were brought out fairly quickly. The mushrooms were pretty good and we enjoyed it.

We had the Big Breakfast to share. Scrambled eggs, sausages, salad, bacon, mushrooms and the works. Can't go wrong with this.

Pimp My Brekkie Big Breakfast @$20.90

For dessert, we had high hopes for Brioche French Toast and while it looked really good, the bread was the weakest link. Not sure why this brioche was so dense and compact. The fruits were nice.

Brioche French Toast @$14.50

Thankfully, we were satisfied with the tiramisu. And, it has those 'soil' that were really popular back then. Hahahaa. I'd recommend the tiramisu. Thumbs up!

tiramisu @$9.50

As it was not time to check-in to the hotel yet, we took a stroll around the area. Look out for the next food hunt around the area in the next post. See you soon!

Brunches Cafe

Address: 96 Rangoon Rd, Singapore 218381

Website: http://brunches.sg/

Contact:  8685 8488

Business Hours: 

Mon - Fri: 11am to 10pm

Sat - Sun: 10am to 10pm